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fNITED S ATES ATENT FoE@ LEONABD BNoHB, OE BoLLEvILLE, ILLINoIS,ASSIGNoB ONE- IAL To MM LEBKNEoHB, OE SAME PLAOE.

SToVE-BoARD.

oitiZen of fhe TTnited StateS, feSiding at Belleville, in tho oounty ofSt. 0lair, in tho State of IllinoiS, hove invonted a, neW and oSefulImprovemenf in Stove-BoardS Whioh ifn )roveent iS fully Seb forth iI1the folloW- ing Speoifiotion and aooompanying draWings.

1VIy invention. oonSiStS. of a Stovo board forIned of o faoing of files,a baoking or soppofting baSe therefor, nd an inoloSing border, thuSpfodooingal dovioe Whioh is durablo, foproof and of inexponSivooonSfroofion, and nlay be eaSHy WaShed and roodHy kept oloan the novelfeature being heroinafter Set forth and pointed out in the oloim thatfo1- 1ovvS the S eoiotion.

iguro 1 repreSentS top or p1n view of a Stovo board on1bodying lT]yinvention. 1 ig. 2 repreSents a vertioal seotion thereof, on line oo,oo, ig. 1 on an enlarged Soale.

SimHar letters of feforonoo indioate oorfo spooding ports in the tWofigures.

eferring to the dravvingS: A designateS a Stovo board having on tho faoethereof the tileS B, Whioh are plooed side by Sido npon the baoking orbaso and Sooured theroto, Soid baso oonsiSting of pieoes D and of Wood,the grainS of whioh ofoSS, Whoroby it is rendefed stfong, and preventedfroIn Worping.

E designates o border vvhioh SurroundS tho fooing and boSe, ano firmlyrotainS the sanle in poSition, it being Seen that the faoe iS re roof initS natore, So that if oannot be bnrned by aShes of oinders tht may fanfrom tho Stove,nd that if [nay be WaShed and kept olean, and made loinor ornanlental as do- Sired,the board iI1 itS entirety being InoreoverBtrong and doroblo.

The tilo oInployod may bo made of vitI'ified o1y,g1as mot1of othefSuitablo moaL The border E haS o er fianges, Iniddlo oongoS E and bottomongeS all of whioh rojeot inwardl a Tho uppe n eS E overlap the uppefedgeS of the faoing of tiles B and prevent riSing of the Same.

The n1iddle anges E are interpoSed betwoen the faoing of the tileS B andnppef pieoeS D of Wood. OpeningS aro formed iI1 Soid angeS and thronghtho same paSs the nailS Whioh aro driven froIn obove through the o erand lower ieoes of vvood thuS bindin Sid pieoos to eaoh other aS to SidngeS he botton1 an eS E oveTIap the under edgeS of the piooeS B of Woodand aro fofmed Wioh o enin s thron h vvhich nailS are oriven i1 thepiooos D and E1 of Wood fron1 below thoS binding said pieoeS to eaohother and to Said HngoS E it boing evidont that tho Stove board isStrongly oonStruoted and iS ve11 611- bled to onduro Severe uSago, asWe11 aS ren dered nonJioble to beooIning distorted oWing to the heat towhioh it iS Subjeoted.

Havin thus dosoribed tn invention, What oloin1 aS new, and desire toSeoure by IetterS A Stovo board oonSistio of o baokin oompoSed of tvvopieoeS of Wood, the grainS of whioh orosS, a tile faoing, and al borderWith o er, Iniddle and bottom n eS, the to and Iniddle Hangos ombraoingthoedgeS of Soid tilo faoing, nd tho n1iddle and bottonl angeSen1bra,oing tho edgeS of Said two part boking, and oooh of tho lattefnan1ed nongeS having openingS for fastening nails, Soid )aarfS be ingoombined SubStantiaHy ads doSoribed.

LEONABD LEBNEoHEB

